1E1equalsequals1·Dec 13, 2024Submission
Bypass paywalls is taken down from GitHub (and Firefox addons registry)
3 points · Open discussioniamadamdev
bypass-paywalls-chrome
HISTORICAL RECORD2018–2024
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bypass-paywalls-chrome
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I just use https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome and it works well for me.
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 24 | 1 | 23 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 56 | 3 | 53 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 52 | 0 | 52 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 31 | 3 | 28 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 3 | 4 |
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7 sourcesI'm using the [Bypass Paywalls](https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/blob/ma...) extension but it looks like that's been DMCA-ed in the interim.
In 13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but self-hostedBypass Paywall Chrome extension taken down by DMCA request on GitHub
13 points · Open discussionBypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox
2 points · Open discussionWhat's the relation between the Gitlab repository and the Github one? https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
In Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is goneThe permissions to run scripts in the context of a webpage (i.e. full access, what tampermonkey does) are gated on a per-site level.
E.g. here's the "bypass paywalls" extension requesting permission to inject content scripts into particular domains sites: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/blob/c6...
In Detect when your installed Chrome extensions have changed owners